Gen Z Mind in a Baby Boomer Body: A Q&A With Dr. Christie Smith
In this interview, Christie Smith, Ph.D., shares how leaders can balance technology and human connection, especially as Gen Z’s values reshape the workplace. She spotlights the urgency of moving from outdated “command and control” models to a more empathetic, flexible approach that fosters genuine engagement and lasting innovation.
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Closing The Skills Gap: How Boards Can Help Tackle The Scarcity Crisis
Accelerating tech disruption is contributing to employers being unable to find the talent they need. Here's what boards can do to help.
Christie Smith, co-author of Essential joins Art Petty for the latest Experts Interview
Smith and Monahan have created a manifesto for reinventing leadership and make the bold claim that presently, "Leadership is failing." This is a great management book filled with research-backed perspectives and these two experienced senior consultants make their case powerfully and passionately.
From Control to Connection: Leadership Training for the Human-Powered Era
The rules of leadership have changed. Gone are the days of controlling teams from the top down and equating productivity with presence.
Former Apple, Accenture Exec: Employee Engagement Is in a State of Crisis
After three years at Apple as the vice president of inclusion and diversity, Christie Smith joined Accenture in 2021 as a practice lead over talent and organizational strategy groups. She left Accenture after a couple of years to retire but admits that she has "failed miserably" at retirement.
Fast Company
Your boss says they care about your well-being, but that’s only true if they prioritize these 4 things
These four pillars of workplace well-being offer a comprehensive approach to fostering a healthier, more productive workforce.
These companies are standing by their DEI policies amid backlash
Other companies reversed course on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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How the Trump administration’s anti-DEI stance could reshape the future C-suite
President Donald Trump’s executive order last Monday to end federal DEI programs marks the latest in a series of efforts to roll back such initiatives. Companies like Target, Walmart, McDonald’s, and Meta have already scaled back their DEI commitments, revising hiring practices and eliminating DEI roles.
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Closing The Skills Gap: How Leaders Can Tackle The Scarcity Crisis
Accelerating tech disruption is contributing to employers being unable to find the talent they need. Here's what you can do.
What’s Essential? Author, CEO, Founder on What Leaders Need To Do Now
“The pace of change is greater than ever,” says Christie Smith, Ph.D., founder and CEO of The Humanity Studio, and co-author with Kelly Monahan of Essential: How Distributed Teams, Generative AI and Global Shifts Arte Creating A New Human-Powered Leadership,
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Here are top leadership skills in 2025
It’s a clean slate for the new year — an ideal time to set goals not only for your career path, but what you can do to learn and hone new skills along the way as well. Whether you’re a leader or you’re already a leader looking to continuously improve as well, these skills are valuable and essential.
Emotional Maturity with Christie Smith
Do you dream of an easier way to scale and grow your business? Do you wish you didn’t have to work so hard and put in as many hours? Do you find growth too slow, or hard to sustain? This podcast—Scaling Up Business with Bill Gallagher—can help you achieve and maintain the growth you want.
Best Seller TV
Dr. Christie Smith Discusses her book, "Essential" on Best Seller Live
Join us on Best Seller Live as Dr. Christie Smith, acclaimed author and founder of The Humanity Studio™, dives into her groundbreaking book, Essential: How Distributed Teams, Generative AI, and Global Shifts are Creating a New Human Powered Leadership.
How To Election-Proof Your Leadership
The election isn’t just an event—it’s a test of leadership. How leaders show up now will determine whether their teams trust them to navigate future uncertainties.
Older workers bring a lot to the table — yet are often overlooked
When Liz Jones, 63, took an early retirement package a couple of years ago, she did so because she saw the writing on the wall...
IEDP
Time for Distributed Leadership
Up-beat guide heralds the end of traditional command-and-control and ushers in a new human-powered leadership
An Obituary For The Death Of 3 Outdated Leadership Strategies Before 2025
As we near 2025, some outdated leadership strategies are on their last breath. If you were to write a "leadership obituary" for 2024, you would bury outdated leadership strategies that once dominated the workplace but are now ineffective and harmful.
FastCompany
What OpenAI’s ‘brain drain’ can teach us about leadership and innovation
The departure of OpenAI’s Mira Murati and Miles Brundage demonstrate the importance of leadership and innovation.
Forbes
Empowering Insights From Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sara Blakely And Leaders
Core themes resonated at The Texas Conference for Women earlier this month: connection, inspiration, unity, authenticity, and the power of women elevating women.
FAST COMPANY
POV: Amazon's RTO mandate is a massive failure of imagination
Christie Smith argues that Amazon’s new return-to-work policy, in which employees must work from an Amazon office five days per week, is a significant mistake.
